While some journalistic versions claim that Monterrey coach Fernando Ortiz was on the verge of losing his mind due to the frustration of the defeat with the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer (MLS) 2-1 in the first leg of the Concachampions semifinals, the reality is that in the video that circulates on social networks it is only observed that The Rayados strategist approaches the whistler and seems to make a comment to him, but without going any further and ruling out that he has lost his mind as has been claimed.
It is a fact that Ortiz did not agree with the work of the whistler, the Jamaican, Oshane Nation and obviously he wanted to blame him for the stumble on the Lower.com Field field, assuming that several of his markings were not correct.
It is even said that at the end of the match he did not shake the hand of the coach of the North American squad either, the Frenchman Wilfried Nancy, while the Argentine coach is seen in the video reach the Caribbean whistler before the entrance to the tunnel, but a person crosses his path and prevents him from approaching him, without the matter escalating.
In the scenes that circulate on social networks, it is also seen that the whistler is not even aware of the Monterrey coach’s claims, while the assistant judge only observes it, but the Jamaican referee was not even fazed by the events that allegedly happened on the field of play.
“Tano” acknowledged a lack of forcefulness
At the end of the game, the Monterrey coach, Fernando Ortiz acknowledged that the cause of the defeat against Columbus Crew was the lack of forcefulness: “Yes, we were not effective when we generated the first 25 minutes, we were not effective and I think that in the first or second time they reach me, they convert me and it is a team that plays well, we have to accept it, it is a rival that He is in the semifinals like us, and these matches are defined in details. It’s just a goal because we are at a disadvantage, and at home with our people, we will go out to find the game as we have done throughout the competition.”
Finally, he said that they will seek to get ahead of the two games in front of them, against Necaxa, to define their place in the Clausura 2024 tournament group and in the second leg of the semifinal against Columbus Crew: “We will see how the boys finished Today, I don’t know yet, they are in full recovery. Tomorrow I’ll start thinking about what’s going to be on Sunday in Necaxa as a visitor and then the second leg on Wednesday. But decisive games are coming where it will surely mark where we finish in the Mexican League and then we will think about trying to reverse the score we had today.”
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